A study of chest infections in HIV seropositive patients in Kuala Lumpur

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-26

  Wood, E ^a   Cheong, I ^a   Lee, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROCONVERSION; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0031974038     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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